Music Biz Insights From The Trenches.

Regardless of how much money you have to blow on your next recording session, let’s face it, finding a music producer who will make your songs jump out through the speakers is a must.

Ok, so you’ve probably ended up on this page because of the catchy headline. Correct?

Admit it you want to know what comes after the “until…” part in the headline…..

Well without keeping you in suspense the end of the sentence is this -

Starting any sort of new venture can be quite stressful and time consuming let alone starting an independent record label.

If your mind is made up and you are sure about going down this path, then you must firstly be congratulated. There are not to many other businesses out there that are as difficult as trying to promote other people’s art.

Below are some tips and ideas to...

It’s probably assumed by most people that starting your own record label firstly requires some serious money behind it? It’s probably also assumed that if your considering starting your own record label that your going to need to employ lots of people aswell?

In truth, the above two points definitely help – who doesn’t want to start a new business with a wellspring of cash. However this is definitely not the case...

One of the most exciting things as an up and coming band is when you finally get that record label contract come through on the fax machine or via email. It’s like a freeze frame moment in time that you’d love to stay in forever. A true sense of achievement is felt.

However the whole thing could be lost forever if you fail to take the following advice

It’s a known fact that all the greatest musicians and songwriters came from prolific music record labels. Atlantic, Electra, A&M, Chess Records, Colombia, Mowtown – they all became extremely successful in the music business for one very obvious reason.

Make sure you read the rest of this article so you don’t end up looking like these dudes in the pic!

Everyone has their take on major record labels. Some love them while others totally despise them. Some have their own personal experiences with them and others are constantly trying to figure out how to get signed by them.

Without getting to caught up in opinions, let’s just understand in this article what the actual economic foundations of these companies are actually based on. Whether they are nice or deceptive group of people is another...